Method and system for creating and distributing mobile avatars
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1. A method of using a mobile avatar in a wireless network, comprising:
- storing a mobile avatar of a service subscriber in mobile clients across the wireless network; and
retrieving the mobile avatar from a mobile client and displaying the mobile avatar at the mobile client upon receipt of a call associated with the service subscriber.
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Abstract
A method and system for creating mobile avatars, customizing or personalizing mobile avatars and distributing mobile avatars including real-time updates thereof across a wireless network. A mobile avatar of a service subscriber is stored in mobile clients across the wireless network, and the mobile avatar is retrieved from the mobile clients and displayed upon receipt of a call from the service subscriber.
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48 Claims
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1. A method of using a mobile avatar in a wireless network, comprising:
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storing a mobile avatar of a service subscriber in mobile clients across the wireless network; and
retrieving the mobile avatar from a mobile client and displaying the mobile avatar at the mobile client upon receipt of a call associated with the service subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of using a mobile avatar in a wireless network, comprising:
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storing a mobile avatar of a service subscriber in mobile clients across the wireless network; and
automatically updating the mobile avatar in the mobile clients in accordance with subscription information identifying the service subscriber and displaying the mobile avatar via the mobile clients upon receipt of a call from the service subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of modifying a customizable avatar in mobile devices of a network, comprising:
transmitting a real-time update of a customizable avatar of a subscriber for storage in the mobile devices across the network in accordance with caller identification information associated with the subscriber upon determining that the customizable avatar has been modified. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method of using a mobile avatar in a wireless network, comprising:
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enabling a service subscriber to customize the mobile avatar;
associating the customized mobile avatar with calling line identification information of the service subscriber across the wireless network; and
displaying the mobile avatar upon receipt of a call from the service subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method downloading a mobile avatar, comprising:
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determining whether a mobile avatar stored in a mobile client of a wireless network matches a current mobile avatar of a subscriber; and
automatically downloading the current mobile avatar to the mobile client upon determining that the mobile avatar in the mobile client does not match the current mobile avatar of the subscriber.
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27. A method of providing mobile avatar caller identification service in a wireless network, comprising:
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linking caller identification information transmitted from mobile devices to stored mobile avatars in accordance with the caller identification information; and
retrieving at least one of the mobile avatars in accordance with the linkage and displaying the at least one of the mobile avatars based on caller identification information of an incoming call.
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28. A system for distributing mobile avatars across a wireless network, comprising:
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a plurality of mobile clients exchanging the mobile avatars across the wireless network; and
a server having a database storing the mobile avatars in association with caller identification information of the mobile clients and distributing the mobile avatars to the mobile clients in accordance with caller identification information of a call executed between the mobile clients. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of distributing a mobile avatar across a wireless network, comprising:
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verifying whether a recipient of a call is registered to a mobile avatar caller identification service of a subscriber; and
transmitting a mobile avatar of the subscriber to a mobile device of the recipient based on caller identification information of the subscriber upon verifying that the recipient of the call is registered to mobile avatar caller identification service of the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. A system for distributing mobile avatars across a wireless network, comprising:
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a plurality of mobile clients exchanging the mobile avatars across the wireless network, the mobile avatars corresponding to the mobile clients based on caller identification information; and
a server monitoring status of the mobile avatars and correspondingly downloading real-time updates of the mobile avatars to the mobile clients.
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36. A method of distributing a mobile avatar using a mobile client of a wireless network, comprising:
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determining whether the mobile client includes a mobile avatar in association with caller identification information of an incoming call; and
displaying the mobile avatar associated with the caller identification information of the incoming call using the mobile client. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method, comprising:
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locally storing mobile avatars to mobile devices in a wireless network, the mobile avatars being stored based on caller identification information; and
executing a real-time update of at least one of the mobile avatars upon determining that the at least one of the mobile avatars has been updated.
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45. A computer readable storage having a program stored there for controlling a computer to execute operations including distributing a mobile avatar, comprising:
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storing a mobile avatar of a service subscriber in mobile clients across a wireless network; and
automatically updating the mobile avatar in the mobile clients in accordance with subscription information identifying the service subscriber and displaying the mobile avatar via the mobile clients upon receipt of a call from the service subscriber.
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46. A system, comprising:
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a server storing customizable avatars of subscribers in accordance with caller identification information of the subscribers; and
a handheld device displaying a real-time update of the customizable avatars in accordance with caller identification information associated with the subscribers upon determining that the customizable avatars have been modified. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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48. A computer readable storage having a data structure for distributing a customizable mobile avatar and controlling a computer using the data structure, comprising:
a database storing caller identification information of a user in association with the user'"'"'s customizable mobile avatar and updates thereto for distribution of the customizable mobile avatar across a network in relation to the user.
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